London’s East End welcomes a new meeting ground for cultural showcases, spontaneous dance parties and good food. The Book Club is an amazing eatery offering a full spectrum of dishes, coffee and drinks from morning until night.

Local, sustainable, seasonal: these may be buzzwords in American food circles, but in the South of France they’re just implicit. And at Hotel Crillon le Brave, perched above the fertile fields of Provence, they’re a way of life.

Bodrum’s picturesque historic center is home to a fantastical medieval castle, a lively downtown promenade lined with bars and cafés, and being a hub for international jet setters, sailboats and yachts litter the harbor.